A breakfast best served cold
Barbs on menu at annual roast
(By Scott Helman, Globe Staff, 3/20/2006)
Of all the words spoken at the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast in South Boston yesterday, perhaps none rang truer than Governor Mitt Romney's slip-of-the-tongue.
An old friend to be absent at breakfast
Kelly to miss St. Patrick's event
(By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff, 3/18/2006)
Yes, there will be Irish sausage, grilled tomato, soda bread, tea, and shamrock centerpieces. There'll be the usual zingers, crooners, antsy kids, bad jokes, interminable speeches, and a call from the president.
A tale of two Mitts
(By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist, 3/16/2006)
BEWARE THE RED smoke and mirrors coming out of the blue state of Massachusetts, compliments of Mitt Romney.
Reilly appeals ruling on Bulger's pension
Court decision boosted payments
(By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff, 3/15/2006)
State Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly appealed yesterday the court decision allowing former University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger to increase his state pension by counting the housing allowance and retirement account contributions he received as income.
Shoveling the . . . dirt
(By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist, 3/14/2006)
If there's one thing that could be learned from Kevin Weeks's appearance on a Boston.com chat yesterday to shill his ghost-written book, it is this: The man is a card-carrying moron.
For Weeks, life of crime is all over
Says book helps close the chapter on Bulger
(By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff, 3/13/2006)
South Boston gangster James ''Whitey'' Bulger was sitting on a bench in New York City's busy Penn Station for what would be his final meeting with his trusted friend and longtime partner in crime, Kevin J. Weeks.
For Weeks, life of crime is all
Says book helps close the chapter on Bulger
(By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff, 3/13/2006)
South Boston gangster James ''Whitey'' Bulger was sitting on a bench in New York City's busy Penn Station for what would be his final meeting with his trusted friend and longtime partner in crime, Kevin J. Weeks.
Weeks recounts plots to kill columnist
Is interviewed by '60 Minutes'
(By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff, 3/10/2006)
A former top lieutenant to South Boston crime boss James ''Whitey'' Bulger said he had Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr in the sights of a high-powered rifle but didn't shoot because Carr came out of his house hand-in-hand with his young daughter.
Investigators hope strut, gestures of Whitey Bulger lead to arrest
(By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff, 3/8/2006)
He flexes his arms, struts, and occasionally barks orders at other men. He keeps his stomach tucked tight, displaying his weightlifter's build, and he sometimes slices the air with his hand for emphasis in conversation. He seems hyper-aware of what's around him, and often has his arms folded across his chest in a challenging pose.
Bulger brother stripped of pension
SJC decision reverses Municipal Court ruling
(By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff, 3/7/2006)
Retired Boston Juvenile Court Clerk-Magistrate John P. Bulger forfeited his $65,000-a-year pension when he admitted lying to two federal grand juries investigating the disappearance of his brother, the fugitive mobster James J. ''Whitey'' Bulger, the state's highest court ruled yesterday, in a decision that could force John Bulger to repay the state nearly $250,000.
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